File contains typescript correspondence, reports and planning documents relating to the preparation for the 1961 International Plowing Match in 1961. Includes list of officers and local committee members. Also present are: a printed official programme and prize list, printed pamphlets and a poster for the International Plowing Match which was held at the Farley Vermilyea Farm and neighbouring farms north of Belleville, October 4-7, 1961.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, 8 September 1961 concerning the Charles Parm Steer Raising Ranch, which operated within the city limits of Belleville. The article describes cattle drives which occurred in the central area of the city in 1913.

File contains a newspaper article from the Ontario Intelligencer, 28 September 1961, concerning the operations of the Ontario Hog Producers' marketing yards in Ontario.

File contains the February 1934 issue of The Straight Furrow, a publication for rural and agricultural Ontario.

File contains a manuscript deed of sale of livestock by Jonathan McCurdy, Sidney Township, 1887.

File contains a photocopied typescript history of Mayo Township from its settlement in 1858 to ca. 1906. Also contains an excerpt from the 1889 Hastings County Directory, listings Mayo and Carlow Township land owners by concession. Also contains a newspaper clipping concerning the history of McArthur's Mill to 1934.

File contains photocopied manuscript field notes of H.O. Wood, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1869, and M.J. Butler, Provincial Land Surveyor, 1880. Provides description of Mayo Township natural resources including timber and soil potential.

File contains printed Nov.-Dec. 1900 edition of the Massey-Harris Illustrated magazine depicting farm and rural life.

File contains a newspaper article from The Intelligencer, April 4, 1967, concerning the creation of the first mechanized maple sap pipeline in the Quinte district.

File contains a newspaper article on the history of the McIntosh Red apple including its origin in the eastern Ontario town of Dundela.

File contains newspaper clippings regarding the Madoc Agricultural Society's annual fair and exhibition in 1956, and the Society's annual meeting in February, 1960.

File contains newspaper articles from the North Hastings Review concerning various annual meetings of the Madoc Co-operative Association from 1956-1961.

File contains a newspaper article concerning the settlement of Madoc in 1830 and its development in association with the agricultural and mining industry.

File contains manuscript probate documents relating to the estate of Henry Le Vesiconte [Levisconte], Captain in the Royal Navy and later gentleman farmer, and a manuscript last will and testament of Sarah Le Vesiconte, widow of Henry Le Vesiconte, 1856. Also contains a typescript excerpts from the Diary of Captain Le Visconte recounting his voyage to Belleville from England and describing conditions in Belleville upon his arrival in 1835.

File contains a newspaper article that features the history of the Ketcheson family farm and cemetery in Sidney. The farm had been in the family since the early 1800s.

File contains the history of Moira Village and the Huntingdon Township, including first nations, french settlers, agriculture, lumbering, churches, population, politics, etc.

File contains a printed copy of the Canadian Agriculturalist, July 1852. Includes a Report on the State of Agriculture in Hastings County by William Hutton, with information on the extent and types of agriculture practised in Hastings County, and crop production in 1852.

File contains a typescript copy of a letter from William Hutton to his wife Fanny Hutton in regard to her joining him in Canada. Includes considerable description of settlement and agricultural conditions in Hastings County.

File contains several newspaper articles concerning Bobby Hull's career in the National Hockey League and his farming activities in Prince Edward County with his brother Dennis, also of the NHL.